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Is there a single word meaning 'separate wheat from chaff' (good from bad)?
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Is there a single word meaning 'separate wheat from chaff'?
The closest I've found is winnow but it doesn't really capture the sentiment.
I'm looking for a word to help describe a person, an educator, who distills and clarifies the most valuable core ideas.
(Does it seem odd such a word would not be common? Is is because separate, and it's synonyms, already imply the reason for division is already, always, about good and bad?)
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Randy Zeitman
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Is there a single word meaning 'separate wheat from chaff'?
The closest I've found is winnow but it doesn't really capture the sentiment.
I'm looking for a word to help describe a person, an educator, who distills and clarifies the most valuable core ideas.
(Does it seem odd such a word would not be common? Is is because separate, and it's synonyms, already imply the reason for division is already, always, about good and bad?)
idioms synonyms
asked 55 mins ago
Randy Zeitman
1215
What's wrong with distills? Do you mean make complex ideas simple? Frankly, I don't much like your notion here. Nowadays, wheat and chaff both serve a purpose.
– Lambie
41 mins ago
Oops, I gave answer about "winnowing" and "threshing", deleted. So you want a metaphorical winnowing or threshing?
– Zebrafish
25 mins ago
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up vote
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Is there a single word meaning 'separate wheat from chaff'?
The closest I've found is winnow but it doesn't really capture the sentiment.
I'm looking for a word to help describe a person, an educator, who distills and clarifies the most valuable core ideas.
(Does it seem odd such a word would not be common? Is is because separate, and it's synonyms, already imply the reason for division is already, always, about good and bad?)
idioms synonyms
asked 55 mins ago
Randy Zeitman
1215
Is there a single word meaning 'separate wheat from chaff'?
The closest I've found is winnow but it doesn't really capture the sentiment.
I'm looking for a word to help describe a person, an educator, who distills and clarifies the most valuable core ideas.
(Does it seem odd such a word would not be common? Is is because separate, and it's synonyms, already imply the reason for division is already, always, about good and bad?)
idioms synonyms
idioms synonyms
asked 55 mins ago
Randy Zeitman
1215
asked 55 mins ago
Randy Zeitman
1215
asked 55 mins ago
Randy Zeitman
1215
asked 55 mins ago
Randy Zeitman
1215
asked 55 mins ago
Randy Zeitman
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What's wrong with distills? Do you mean make complex ideas simple? Frankly, I don't much like your notion here. Nowadays, wheat and chaff both serve a purpose.
– Lambie
41 mins ago
Oops, I gave answer about "winnowing" and "threshing", deleted. So you want a metaphorical winnowing or threshing?
– Zebrafish
25 mins ago
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What's wrong with distills? Do you mean make complex ideas simple? Frankly, I don't much like your notion here. Nowadays, wheat and chaff both serve a purpose.
– Lambie
41 mins ago
Oops, I gave answer about "winnowing" and "threshing", deleted. So you want a metaphorical winnowing or threshing?
– Zebrafish
25 mins ago
What's wrong with distills? Do you mean make complex ideas simple? Frankly, I don't much like your notion here. Nowadays, wheat and chaff both serve a purpose.
– Lambie
41 mins ago
What's wrong with distills? Do you mean make complex ideas simple? Frankly, I don't much like your notion here. Nowadays, wheat and chaff both serve a purpose.
– Lambie
41 mins ago
Oops, I gave answer about "winnowing" and "threshing", deleted. So you want a metaphorical winnowing or threshing?
– Zebrafish
25 mins ago
Oops, I gave answer about "winnowing" and "threshing", deleted. So you want a metaphorical winnowing or threshing?
– Zebrafish
25 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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cull vocabulary.com
verb: remove something that has been rejected
noun: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior
in quality
As in:
If you decide to make a literary anthology, you must cull the best
possible stories and then arrange them in a pleasing manner.
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
Surely 'cull' usually means to select the inferior ones for removal?
– Kate Bunting
19 mins ago
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The technical terms are thresh or winnow but I have never heard these used metaphorically. The metaphorical term is separate the wheat from the chaff.
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
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I would suggest 'weed out' as being idiomatically metaphorical, yet retaining an agricultural background association.
It is not a single word but it is a phrasal verb.
Weed out (phrasal verb) : to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group
Merriam Webster
FCA promises to weed out sexual harassers
FT Adviser - 17th Oct 2018
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
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The word I would use is distill:
extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of. –NOAD
Moreover it’s so common and fitting that you yourself used it in your post.
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
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4 Answers
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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
1
down vote
cull vocabulary.com
verb: remove something that has been rejected
noun: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior
in quality
As in:
If you decide to make a literary anthology, you must cull the best
possible stories and then arrange them in a pleasing manner.
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
Surely 'cull' usually means to select the inferior ones for removal?
– Kate Bunting
19 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
cull vocabulary.com
verb: remove something that has been rejected
noun: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior
in quality
As in:
If you decide to make a literary anthology, you must cull the best
possible stories and then arrange them in a pleasing manner.
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
Surely 'cull' usually means to select the inferior ones for removal?
– Kate Bunting
19 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
cull vocabulary.com
verb: remove something that has been rejected
noun: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior
in quality
As in:
If you decide to make a literary anthology, you must cull the best
possible stories and then arrange them in a pleasing manner.
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
cull vocabulary.com
verb: remove something that has been rejected
noun: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior
in quality
As in:
If you decide to make a literary anthology, you must cull the best
possible stories and then arrange them in a pleasing manner.
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
answered 34 mins ago
lbf
15.1k21558
15.1k21558
Surely 'cull' usually means to select the inferior ones for removal?
– Kate Bunting
19 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Surely 'cull' usually means to select the inferior ones for removal?
– Kate Bunting
19 mins ago
Surely 'cull' usually means to select the inferior ones for removal?
– Kate Bunting
19 mins ago
Surely 'cull' usually means to select the inferior ones for removal?
– Kate Bunting
19 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
The technical terms are thresh or winnow but I have never heard these used metaphorically. The metaphorical term is separate the wheat from the chaff.
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
898210
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
The technical terms are thresh or winnow but I have never heard these used metaphorically. The metaphorical term is separate the wheat from the chaff.
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
898210
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
The technical terms are thresh or winnow but I have never heard these used metaphorically. The metaphorical term is separate the wheat from the chaff.
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
898210
The technical terms are thresh or winnow but I have never heard these used metaphorically. The metaphorical term is separate the wheat from the chaff.
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
898210
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
898210
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
898210
answered 26 mins ago
David Robinson
898210
898210
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
I would suggest 'weed out' as being idiomatically metaphorical, yet retaining an agricultural background association.
It is not a single word but it is a phrasal verb.
Weed out (phrasal verb) : to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group
Merriam Webster
FCA promises to weed out sexual harassers
FT Adviser - 17th Oct 2018
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
16.5k94077
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
I would suggest 'weed out' as being idiomatically metaphorical, yet retaining an agricultural background association.
It is not a single word but it is a phrasal verb.
Weed out (phrasal verb) : to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group
Merriam Webster
FCA promises to weed out sexual harassers
FT Adviser - 17th Oct 2018
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
16.5k94077
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I would suggest 'weed out' as being idiomatically metaphorical, yet retaining an agricultural background association.
It is not a single word but it is a phrasal verb.
Weed out (phrasal verb) : to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group
Merriam Webster
FCA promises to weed out sexual harassers
FT Adviser - 17th Oct 2018
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
16.5k94077
I would suggest 'weed out' as being idiomatically metaphorical, yet retaining an agricultural background association.
It is not a single word but it is a phrasal verb.
Weed out (phrasal verb) : to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group
Merriam Webster
FCA promises to weed out sexual harassers
FT Adviser - 17th Oct 2018
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
16.5k94077
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
16.5k94077
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
16.5k94077
answered 21 mins ago
Nigel J
16.5k94077
16.5k94077
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
The word I would use is distill:
extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of. –NOAD
Moreover it’s so common and fitting that you yourself used it in your post.
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
26.2k64995
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
The word I would use is distill:
extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of. –NOAD
Moreover it’s so common and fitting that you yourself used it in your post.
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
26.2k64995
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
The word I would use is distill:
extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of. –NOAD
Moreover it’s so common and fitting that you yourself used it in your post.
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
26.2k64995
The word I would use is distill:
extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of. –NOAD
Moreover it’s so common and fitting that you yourself used it in your post.
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
26.2k64995
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
26.2k64995
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
26.2k64995
answered 14 mins ago
Laurel
26.2k64995
26.2k64995
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
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What's wrong with distills? Do you mean make complex ideas simple? Frankly, I don't much like your notion here. Nowadays, wheat and chaff both serve a purpose.
– Lambie
41 mins ago
Oops, I gave answer about "winnowing" and "threshing", deleted. So you want a metaphorical winnowing or threshing?
– Zebrafish
25 mins ago